up here for them, but there was a big old black walnut tree on my grandparents' farm. We used to take home a bag of them when they were ripe. They have VERY hard shells that we broke open with a hammer. They are richer tasting than regular walnuts, but are not very common.
I forgot to mention that my father also planted watermelon and cantelope. It was not a large yard, but he planned the space carefully for what ripened first and what took the most space. He planted later growing and smaller plants in the spaces between larger ones.
In the other half of our back yard and in the front yard, we had lawn and flowers: a climbing rose bush up the side of the garage; blue, pink, and white hydrangeas along the fence that blended into purple ones; a lilac tree; pansies; violets; snap dragons; marigolds; geraniums; tiger lilies; irises; gladioli; and lilies of the valley. A wild honey suckle vine grew on our fence in back and a wild grape vine grew up the other side of our garage, on the side that belonged to our next door neighbor, who was my father's sister.
We shared tomatoes, peppers, and peaches with neighbors. My mother and her aunt, who lived with us, did a lot of canning.
I used to enjoy sitting on the lawn under the lilac tree in spring, reading and soaking in the scent.
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